This article will explain how a Udemy Business administrator can create a company badge from within their Udemy Business account.
- Note, before creating company badges, an admin or account owner must first set up the organization as a badge issuer. Once this setup is complete, any admin or account owner can create badges for employees. Learn how to set your organization up as a badge issuer.
The company badge feature is only available to organizations with a Udemy Business Enterprise account.
What is a company badge?
Company badges are digital awards created by organizations for employees to earn through upskilling initiatives. These badges motivate, validate, and celebrate employees' skills development and achievements. They recognize the completion of training programs, onboarding, meeting specific competencies, fulfilling compliance requirements, and contributing to personal and professional growth. Company badges promote continuous learning and help create a culture of recognition and accomplishment in the workplace.
- Review answers to frequently asked questions regarding company badges.
What are Open Badges?
An Open Badge is the world's leading format for digital badges. “Open Badges is not a specific product or platform, but a type of digital badge that is verifiable, portable, and packed with information about skills and achievements” (from openbadges.org).
A company badge created within a Udemy Business account is issued in the Open Badge format. This format allows companies to verify their employee’s skills and progress and enables the badge holder to conveniently transport and share the badge as needed.
Create a company badge for your organization
Note, before creating a company badge, an admin must first complete the one-time badge issuer setup.
Follow these steps to create a company badge for your employees:
1. Click on Manage in the top right of the screen.
2. On the admin overview page, select Manage company badges
3. To create a new badge, click on the “Create new badge” button in the top right corner.
Note: If this is the first badge created by your company, you will see the “Create your first badge” button.
4. You will then see a form where you can define and input the details of your company's badge, including.
- Badge name
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Badge type
- Learning - a badge that focuses on encouraging the learner to obtain a new skills
- Validation - a badge that focuses on validating the skills of a learner
- Experience - a badge that focuses on ensuring the learner has completed impactful professional development experiences
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Level
- Foundational
- Intermediate
- Expert
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Time to earn
- Hours
- Weeks
- Months
- Years
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Add a badge image – This image will be visible to your employees when they view, enroll, and earn this badge.
- You can upload an image with a maximum file size 10MB
- Recommended dimensions: 800x800 to 3000x3000px
- Badge description - This text provides a clear description of your badge, highlighting its unique features and purpose to help you easily distinguish it from other badges in your collection.
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Criteria - This is where you include the learning requirements to earn a badge
- Learning path
- Assessment
- Custom
Learn more about adding earning criteria to your company badge
- Skills – these are the skills that your employees will acquire upon earning the badge.
After you’ve completed filling out the badge details, click Save.
Publishing your company badge
Once you have saved your badge details, you must review and publish your badge to make it available to your employees.
To review your badge, navigate to the “Manage company badges” section where you will see a list of badges. Find and select the badge you just saved (or any badge you would like to review). After selecting the badge, you will see all the details you have previously entered. You will also see additional indicators and actions:
Status indicator - the publication status of the badge. The statuses are as follows:
- Draft - the badge has been saved, but not published.
- Published - the badge is published and available to learners.
Badge actions:
- Edit action - change the details of a badge that has not yet been published.
- Delete action - remove a badge that has not yet been published.
- Publish action - make a badge live and available to employees.
Learn more about adding earning criteria to your company badge.